ZD21 Muffler replacement

[UTXP]

My muffler has gone bad. Replacement is $400. Is there an alternate muffler that is affordable?

 

[UTXP]

My muffler has gone bad. Replacement is $400. Is there an alternate muffler that is affordable?

The zd21 muffler is over $400. Is there another muffler that will fit the zd21??

 

[CGMKCM]

https://www.griggsmowerparts.com/19...term=4585307090298120&utm_content=Ad group #1

 

[UTXP]

https://www.griggsmowerparts.com/1917-8309.html?msclkid=971fbfb57fe613682a59dfe9cf9d1a95&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Griggs Mower Parts&utm_term=4585307090298120&utm_content=Ad group #1

No way this part fits on a ZD21. Any idea what alternate part might?? OEM part # is k3111-83114

 

[MOOTS]

What's wrong with the muffler that's on machine?

 

[UTXP]

What's wrong with the muffler that's on machine?

It is old, rusted and vibrated a crack in down pipe. Anchor strut then cracked and broke.

 

[MOOTS]

It is old, rusted and vibrated a crack in down pipe. Anchor strut then cracked and broke.

Do you have or know anyone with a welder? I would try that route before $400 on a new one.

 

[CGMKCM]

Based on what I read the 83114 is an update to this part number.
https://weingartz.com/PD/2614709/kubota-muffler-K3111-83113

 

[lugbolt]

the new muffler (the $400 one) is a little better made. That's one of many reasons it's expensive. I guess it would be easy enough to fab up a straight pipe, come out the side of the hood and go straight up and if you're really good at fabricating tubing, you could point it right into your earhole so you can hear it while you're mowing. Or point it backwards. Or straight up with a flapper/rain cap. Or turn it downwards, rearwards, and put an automotive muffler on it somehow. Tons of options and none of them will last as long or work as well as the Kubota design. And sometimes it costs as much or more than just buying that expensive kubota muffler.